TELEFIGHT NEWS .sx by RON OLVER .sx Walker And Pollard TV Heroes .sx BEING on TV didn't do the London amateurs much good against South Poland , did it ?sx The score was 3-1 in our favour when we came on the air but then it became 3-4 , only for heavyweight Billy Walker to level it up .sx This was the only bout to end inside the distance , and once again Billy revealed his potential as one of our best heavyweight bets for the future .sx This was the first representative match to be televised from London this season , and contained all the usual controversies over decisions and refereeing .sx In the TV sessions there were two disputed verdicts , and as far as it is possible to judge through this medium Johnny Caiger was a trifle unlucky and Dennis Pollard , in spite of his terrific performance , was beaten by a better man .sx With regard to the refereeing , the Polish official seemed to go out of his way to stop the exchanges on the slightest pretext when the action was getting exciting .sx It must have been most frustrating to the boxers , and of course just as annoying to the spectators .sx Rules are rules , but it is the interpretation that is important .sx A fussy referee can ruin a bout .sx There were southpaws galore in the Polish team .sx We saw three on TV and I understand there were at least two more .sx Their national team is in the process of re-building and the accent is now on youth .sx Best Boxer .sx Even so , I thought that Pietrzykowski , veteran of the side , was the best boxer on view in our 60-minute TV session .sx Yet he wasn't included in this year's European Championships .sx Why not ?sx Well , Polish coach Felix Stam , referring to the omission of such stars as Pietrzykowski , Adamski , Drogosz and Pazdior in Belgrade , declared- " They are too old .sx It is no use keeping them in the team just for the chance of winning here .sx We are preparing for 1964 ( the Olympic Games ) , and it is no use starting to build up in 1963 .sx " That's common sense of course , but Pietrzykowski ( why wasn't he called " Smith" ) is still boxing well .sx He will be 32 in 1964 , but as Archie Moore would say " It's your ability , not your age , that counts .sx " Poland has had a fine run of successes during the past three years .sx In the 1959 European Championships they had three Gold Medals through the old firm of Drogosz , Adamski and Pietrzykowski .sx Also Silver Medals through Dampe and Walasek , and a Bronze Medal through Jedrzewski .sx In the Olympics of the following year lightweight Pazdior won a Gold Medal ; Adamski , Walasek and Pietrzykowski gained Silver Medals ; Bendig , Kasprzyk and Drogosz won Bronze Medals .sx So to this year's European Championships , when Poland omitted some of their stars in favour of younger men .sx Yet they didn't do at all badly .sx Walasek won a Gold Medal , Gutman was bantam finalist ( he outpointed Johnny Head in a featherweight bout last week ) and three boxers reached the semi-finals , Kasprzyk , Jozefowicz and Gugniewicz .sx We must remember that Iron Curtain countries have the advantage of keeping their lads together as " amateurs " throughout their careers .sx How can Britain think about building a team for 1964 when the stars invariably turn professional .sx One only has to consider Britain's team in last year's Olympics .sx Those who have since turned pro are flyweight Danny Lee , featherweight Phil Lundgren , light-welter Bobby Kelsey , light-middle Willie Fisher and cruiser Johnny Ould .sx And now comes the news that Frankie Taylor is turning pro shortly .sx Heavyweight Dave Thomas and middle Roy Addison have retired , leaving only Dick McTaggart and Jim Lloyd .sx So it looks like almost a complete new British team for the 1964 Games , whereas the Iron Curtain countries will be able to call upon their established stars as usual .sx One of our best men at the moment is Billy Walker , but I'll bet that Billy will be a professional long before then .sx And who can blame him ?sx Will To Win .sx One of those who looks like going places is cruiserweight Dennis Pollard , who fought like a tiger against Pietrzykowski .sx Dennis has the will to win , and that's exactly what we want in these representative matches .sx He was not bothered by his opponent's reputation- simply went into the attack , and kept attacking .sx No wonder the crowd rose to Pollard and on that form he would assuredly have beaten anyone less experienced than the triple European champion .sx We shall now look forward to the Great Britain v. America match , part of which will be televised by the BBC next Thursday .sx No doubt we shall have the opportunity of seeing Walker and Pollard in action again then .sx Tomorrow's Grandstand bout features Sugar Ray Robinson against Denny Moyer , which Robinson won on points .sx There is absolutely nothing that the average fight fan does not know about Robinson , but here are the statistical details in his chequered career .sx SUGAR RAY ROBINSON .sx Born Detroit May 3 , 1920 .sx Turned pro in 1940 , gaining 40 straight wins before losing to Jake LaMotta in 1943 .sx Signed to meet Marty Servo for the World's welter crown on August 10 , 1946 , but the bout was twice postponed and eventually Servo retired .sx Robinson was then matched with Tommy Bell , and won on points on December 20 , 1946 .sx On February 14 , 1951 , Robinson kayoed Jake LaMotta to win the world's middleweight crown , and gave up his welter title .sx Ray lost the middleweight championship to Randolph Turpin in 1951 , regained it the same year .sx In 1952 he was kayoed by Joey Maxim in a world's cruiserweight title bout , and announced his retirement from the ring in December of that year .sx Came back in 1955 and won the world's middleweight title from Carl Olson .sx Successfully defended it against Olson in 1956 , lost it to Gene Fullmer in 1957 , regaining it in the same year .sx Lost to Carmen Basilio in 1957 , regaining it from Basilio in 1958 .sx Lost it to Paul Pender in 1960 , and was beaten again by Pender in a return .sx Has had two shots at Gene Fullmer's NBA crown , in 1960 ( a draw ) and last March ( lost on points) .sx Only previous bouts this year- lost to Fullmer and outpointed Wilf Greaves .sx OVERALL RECORD .sx Bouts 158 , Won 145 , Drawn 3 , Lost 9 , No Decision 1 .sx DENNY MOYER .sx Born Portland August 8 , 1939 .sx French-Irish parentage .sx As an amateur won the American AAU welter title in 1957 .sx Comes from a fighting family .sx Father Harry was a pro , brother Phil turned pro on the same date as Denny August 17 , 1957 .sx Uncle Tommy was a good amateur and is now a promoter in Portland , having staged many of Denny's fights .sx Won 20 straight bouts , then was matched with Don Jordan for the latter's world welter crown .sx Lost on points in his home-town .sx Bout was promoted by his uncle .sx Has beaten many notable fighters , like former world's champions Paddy DeMarco , Tony DeMarco , Virgil Akins , Johnny Saxton and Emile Griffith .sx Has also defeated the present World's welter champ Benny Paret .sx Is now a middleweight , and rated by Boxing News as the world's No .sx 10 .sx Robinson holds down the No .sx 4 spot .sx This year's record- outpointed Willie Morton , Charley Scott and Dulio Nunez .sx Outpointed by Jorge Fernandez and Nunez .sx OVERALL RECORD .sx Bouts 35 , Won 29 , Lost 6 .sx Don't forget to watch Sportsview next Wednesday for film coverage of the John Caldwell-Alphonse Halimi world's bantam title fight .sx And a running commentary on this contest will be given next Tuesday evening in the Light Programme .sx Next live pro item will be the Maurice Cullen-Guy Gracia bout from Newcastle on November 13 .sx Next for Grandstand :sx Oct .sx 28 Sugar Ray Robinson v. Denny Moyer .sx Nov .sx 4 Teddy Wright v. Farid Salim .sx Nov .sx 11 Alejandro Lavorante v. Billy Hunter .sx Nov .sx 18 Carlos Ortiz v. Paolo Rosi .sx Sports Editor Laurie Higgins and Schools ABA Secretary Pat Martin combine on October 30 for another of ITA's interesting boxing instructional series in " Seeing " .sx BROWN KEEPS TITLE .sx Champion Floors Somodio Twice To Take Unanimous Verdict .sx JOE BROWN , 35-year-old American holder of the World's lightweight crown , kept his title at Quezon City , Manila , last Saturday , with an easy points verdict over 15 rounds against Filipino Bert Somodio .sx Brown floored his man twice , for a no-count in the fifth and for " nine " in the eleventh .sx It was a unanimous decision .sx This was Brown's tenth successful title defence .sx A capacity crowd of around 30,000 in the Areneta Coliseum gave their local favourite Somodio plenty of vocal support , but although he started well and put in a good finish there could be no doubt of Brown's superiority .sx There was very little positive action in the first four rounds , with Brown content to let his opponent force the pace .sx In the fourth , particularly , Somodio scored with hard rights to the mid-section .sx Then the champ decided that he had learned enough about his man to take the offensive , and opened up with a series of two-handed attacks , culminating in a right to the jaw that put Somodio down on one knee .sx The 27-year-old Filipino got up immediately but was obviously shaken .sx Then in the seventh Brown again shook his man with a right cross and opened up a cut on his opponent's left eye .sx Brown kept on top with clever boxing and ringcraft , and in the eleventh caught Somodio with a right-left to the paw that put him down again .sx This had its effect on the Filipino , who slowed considerably in the next two or three rounds .sx Brown used his full repertoire of punches , jabbing and uppercutting to good effect , and was well on top now .sx Somodio went down slowly in a sort of delayed-action fall , taking several backward steps before going to the canvas near the ropes .sx But somehow he struggled up at " nine , " although all the fight had been taken out of him now .sx The Filipino tried hard to put in a storming finish , but his attacks were nearly all neatly countered by the clever champion .sx Both men received a fine ovation from an enthusiastic crowd .sx Brown has held his crown since August 1956 , when he outpointed Wallace " Bud " Smith .sx But he still seem [SIC] reluctant to meet Carlos Ortiz , one-time winner over Dave Charnley , and like the latter , a leading contender for Joe's title .sx Big Chance For Wemhoener .sx NO shortage of work in Germany , writes GERRY MANN .sx Tonight there are top shows at Munich and Hamburg .sx At the former venue two near-veterans in Dieter Wemhoener and Helmut Bull battle it out for the vacant German cruiser crown .sx At the latter Karl " The Great " Mildenberger tackles American Wayne Bethea .sx Then on November 11 comes the Erich Schoeppner v. Hans Kalbfell clash for the former's German heavyweight title , and in Frankfurt on November 24 Mildenberger is likely to top the bill .sx Wemhoener has always boxed in the shadow of his more famous stablemate Gustav Scholz , and at the age of 31 must have been thinking that his big chance had gone by .sx But the vacating of the cruiser crown by Erich Schoeppner has left the door open for Wemhoener or his 30-year-old opponent Helmut Ball to annex the national title .sx Two years ago Wemhoener went to Milan and outpointed Italian cruiser Giulio Rinaldi on his own doorstep .sx Rinaldi went on to fight for the World's title .sx Why manager Fritz Gretzschel didn't cash in on this victory and challenge Schoeppner right then must remain a mystery .sx Instead Dieter went on his victorious way against Continental opposition , slipping only twice- when he was kayoed by Lennart Risberg in Stockholm last November and this year when he was held to a draw by Frenchman Diouf .sx Helmut Ball , with American experience , got a shot at Schoeppner instead and was narrowly outpointed .sx He cannot match Wemhoener for skill , but punches hard enough to put away any cruiser in Europe .sx This fight looks like being the survival of the fittest , but we'll go along with Wemhoener on account of his superior skill .sx In the main support heavyweight Ulli Nitzschke tackles American Frankie Daniels in a return ( Daniels won last time on points ) and lightweight champion Conny Rudhof opposes Zykaris Taki .sx